{"id":149477,"date":"2015-06-14T12:29:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T19:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=149477"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:04:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:04:47","slug":"ufc-188-draws-over-21000-for-return-to-mexico-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-188-draws-over-21000-for-return-to-mexico-city\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 188 Draws Over 21,000 For Return to Mexico City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Dana-White-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Dana-White-1.png\" alt=\"Dana White 1\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Dana-White-1.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Dana-White-1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Dana-White-1-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Dana-White-1-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC President Dana White announced the figures of &#8220;UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum&#8221; after the conclusion of the event during the post fight press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico City Arena housed over 21,036 ravenous fans as they got to see Werdum dethrone Velasquez in the main-event championship bout. The gate was not released, but they broke records in the same arena at UFC 180 with less fans in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>If UFC were to crush the next show in Mexico City, who would need to be book as the main event? Should Cain Velasquez take part in the show? 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